What to expect

• Some roads and railways likely to be affected with longer journey times by road, bus and train services
• Probably some icy patches on some untreated roads, pavements and cycle paths
• Some brief power outages are possible with a risk of isolated lightning strikes.

What should I do?

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Issued: 09:56 (UTC) on Tue 4 Jan 2022

Further details

Frequent wintry showers arriving from the west overnight Thursday into Friday are likely to lead to a fresh covering of snow for areas above 200m (mainly around 2-5 cm, possibly as much as 10 cm over highest ground where showers are most frequent). Falling snow below this level may cause some temporary slushy accumulations which then may freeze and cause dangerous, icy patches where skies remain clear for long enough. These showers will turn increasingly to rain and sleet at lower levels through Friday morning, before steadily easing from the west through the afternoon ahead of an area of rain and milder conditions.

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Regions and local authorities affected

Central, Tayside & Fife

• Falkirk
• Stirling

Highlands & Eilean Siar

• Na h-Eileanan Siar
• Highland

North East England

• Durham
• Northumberland

North West England

• Blackburn with Darwen
• Blackpool
• Cumbria
• Greater Manchester
• Lancashire
• Merseyside
• Warrington

Northern Ireland

• County Antrim
• County Armagh
• County Fermanagh
• County Londonderry
• County Tyrone

SW Scotland, Lothian Borders

• Dumfries and Galloway
• Edinburgh
• Midlothian Council
• Scottish Borders
• West Lothian

Strathclyde

• Argyll and Bute
• East Ayrshire
• East Dunbartonshire
• East Renfrewshire
• Glasgow
• Inverclyde
• North Ayrshire
• North Lanarkshire
• Renfrewshire
• South Ayrshire
• South Lanarkshire
• West Dunbartonshire

Yorkshire & Humber

• North Yorkshire
• West Yorkshire